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in rags
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in ragsadverb
dressed in very old, torn clothes
in ragsadverb
(by extension) very poor or lowly.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of in rags in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of in rags in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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Taos County Sheriff Jerry Hogrefe:
The only food we saw were a few potatoes and a box of rice in the filthy trailer, but what was most surprising, and heartbreaking was when the team located a total of five adults and 11 children that looked like third world country refugees not only with no food or fresh water, but with no shoes, personal hygiene and basically dirty rags for clothing.
The scarecrow's self-esteem turns rags into fashion.
We took our do-rags and put them around our mouths, we took T-shirts to cover our mouths.
You can follow the trend, or you can set the trend, you set the trend by having a barometer of what young folks are doing, and the conditions of life they’re living. We would take stuff that was scraps and turn them into luxury. It wasn’t rags to riches. We turned our rags into things that rich people wanted. It’s like, ‘Oh, this is what I got? That motherfucker’s gonna want this because of how I rock it and how confident I am with it.’.
There's no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.
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